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Wildfires in Quetzaltenango
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 599 km² of Quetzaltenango at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 95 km², ranking 19th of 22 regions of Guatemala.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2024, with 169 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 58 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
February, March and April together hold 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2024, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 599 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 321 | 54% |
| 2 years | 128 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 107 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 8.4 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -91.75 and holds 93% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 102 | 830 |
| 2013 | 153 | 618 |
| 2014 | 79 | 606 |
| 2015 | 98 | 456 |
| 2016 | 90 | 407 |
| 2017 | 115 | 299 |
| 2018 | 89 | 367 |
| 2019 | 97 | 387 |
| 2020 | 60 | 358 |
| 2021 | 58 | 466 |
| 2022 | 79 | 760 |
| 2023 | 85 | 957 |
| 2024 | 169 | 766 |
| 2025 | 58 | 605 |
Other regions of Guatemala
- Petén7,720 km² in an average year
- Alta Verapaz1,940 km² in an average year
- Escuintla1,310 km² in an average year
- Izabal1,300 km² in an average year
- Quiché976 km² in an average year
- Jutiapa826 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- San Marcos53 km
- Retalhuleu55 km
- Totonicapán77 km
- Suchitepéquez77 km
- Chimaltenango107 km
- Huehuetenango111 km